Teignmouth Melvill

Teignmouth Melvill (8 September 1842-22 January 1879) was a British Army lieutenant who was killed in action at the Battle of Isandlwana during the Anglo-Zulu War.

Biography
Teignmouth Melvill was born in Marylebone, London, England in 1842, and he joined the British Army in 1865, being stationed in South Africa with the 24th Regiment of Foot. During the 1879 Battle of Isandlwana, Melvill, Nevill Coghill, and William Vereker attempted to save the Queen's Colour of his regiment from capture by the Zulu, but Melvill and Coghill were overwhelmed and killed by the Zulu, while Vereker threw it into the Buffalo River to be retreived ten days later. Melvill and Coghill posthumously received the Victoria Cross in 1907.